Sparkle Cleaner¶

The Sparkle Cleaner helps free up disk space and remove unnecessary system files.

1. Clean Temporary Files¶

Removes both system and user temporary files.

$systemTemp = "$env:SystemRoot\\Temp"
$userTemp = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()
$foldersToClean = @($systemTemp, $userTemp)

foreach ($folder in $foldersToClean) {
    if (Test-Path $folder) {
        Get-ChildItem -Path $folder -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
            Remove-Item -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

2. Clean Prefetch Files¶

Deletes files from the Windows Prefetch folder.

$prefetch = "$env:SystemRoot\\Prefetch"
if (Test-Path $prefetch) {
    Remove-Item "$prefetch\\*" -Force -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}

3. Empty Recycle Bin¶

Permanently removes files from the Recycle Bin.

Clear-RecycleBin -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

4. Clean Windows Update Cache¶

Removes downloaded Windows Update installation files.

$windowsUpdateDownload = "$env:SystemRoot\\SoftwareDistribution\\Download"
if (Test-Path $windowsUpdateDownload) {
    Remove-Item "$windowsUpdateDownload\\*" -Force -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}